republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1188.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harassment Sexual Orientation Or Disability"
description: "Colorado's law concerning bias-motivated crimes prohibits the intimidation or harassment of another person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. However, Colorado's harassment statute makes harassment a class 1 misdemeanor if the offender commits harassment with the intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1188"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1188 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Don Coram", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ec7b9e-c56f-4784-b6d2-213cbb4def8e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1188"
source_hash: "4111af81e4df4d9c0da0ab593966d8c810ed3b0b4cc984ff1bd319027e816a2c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1188 (2017A) — Harassment Sexual Orientation Or Disability

Colorado's law concerning bias-motivated crimes prohibits the intimidation or harassment of another person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. However, Colorado's harassment statute makes harassment a class 1 misdemeanor if the offender commits harassment with the intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_jud_2017a_20170309t133343z3__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0309AttachJ.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1188_S_SA_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (03/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1188_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1188 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1188, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment J). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37ec7b9e-c56f-4784-b6d2-213cbb4def8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).